Time passed, and 1931 was approaching in the blink of an eye.

For the Chinese, this is a very heavy year, and a war that concerns the survival of the country and the nation is about to come.

Chen Qiang also began to try to add 400-meter sprint training to space training.

The 400-meter sprint training takes up more energy from Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang stays in the training space for 80 hours every day, and the time spent on 400-meter training is definitely more than 40 hours.

400 meters is the most difficult sport in sprinting, and the physical and technical requirements for athletes are also very high. Unlike 100 meters and 200 meters, 400 meters is not a simple anaerobic exercise, but a mixed-oxygen sprinting event that accounts for a large proportion of anaerobic and a small proportion of aerobic. This not only tests the athlete's physical fitness and special technology, but also tests the athlete's physical fitness.

Physical energy distribution is the most critical element in running 400 meters, and different competitions, different physical states, different opponents, and physical energy distribution plans are different. A hotter weather will be a physical energy distribution method, and a colder weather will be another physical energy distribution method. If 100 meters and 200 meters are both brainless and forward, then 400 meters is a sport that requires a brain.

It is precisely because the 400-meter project is quite difficult and there are too many technical points to master, so if Chen Qiang wants to run 400 meters well, he must undergo more training.

Fortunately, there are many similarities between 400 meters and 200 meters. When practicing 400 meters, it is equivalent to practicing some 200 meters techniques, so the 200 meters training process will not be delayed.

Moreover, in the 1930s, the athlete's level of 400 meters was not high. The national record was 52 seconds 6 that Liu Changchun ran at the National Games, which was equivalent to a relatively poor level among national second-level athletes. In the future, the national second-level athletes' meeting standards will be 53 seconds in hand.

Considering that Liu Changchun was injured when he set this record, Liu Changchun's true level should be slightly faster, probably reaching about 51 seconds. As long as Chen Qiang can reach the middle level of a national second-level athlete, he can compete with Liu Changchun for the national championship.

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In February of the Gregorian calendar, Chen Qiang ushered in his second Spring Festival after traveling through time.

This time, Chen Qiang did not celebrate the New Year by himself, but was called home by Zhang Boling, and the Zhang family also spent the New Year's Eve together.

Zhang Boling has seven sons and one daughter, but only four sons support adults.

The eldest son, Zhang Xilu, is already 30 years old. He is a mathematician. He studied at the University of Wisconsin in the United States. He was currently engaged in mathematical research at the University of Chicago Research Institute and was not in Tianjin.

The second son Zhang Xiyang and the third son Zhang Xizuo both graduated from Nankai University. The fourth son Zhang Xihu is exactly 20 years old this year and is now at Nankai University. In the future, he will give up his pen and join the army and sacrifice his life for the country on the battlefield of Songhu.

Zhang Boling also has a younger brother named Zhang Pengchun. He used to be the provost at Tsinghua University and is now teaching at the University of Chicago. He is not in China, otherwise he would come back to celebrate the New Year with Zhang Boling.

Zhang Boling has always lived in poverty. He invested all his money in establishing education, so he never bought a house and always rented a house.

The house where the Zhang family lives now is not the former residence of Zhang Boling in later generations. When Zhang Boling died, he did not leave any property. Now, Zhang Boling's former residence, which is the residence found by Premier Zhou after liberation, was for Zhang Boling.

The Zhang family did not hire servants, and all the housework was handled by Mrs. Zhang himself. At that time, not to mention the well-known figures in society, even many ordinary teachers or civil servants would hire servants.

It has to be said that Zhang Boling is indeed a great educator. He raised more than one million yuan in his life and even got the nickname of "begging for alms", but he did not care about it at all, and he even invested all his property.

Although a New Year’s Eve dinner was not as rich as the Manchu and Han banquet, Chen Qiang found the feeling of "home".

Braised pork, stewed pork ribs, steamed fish, stir-fried chicken... Mrs. Zhang made a full twelve dishes, followed by pork dumplings.

There were begging on the dining table, and the sound of firecrackers outside the window gradually rose, and the new year was coming soon.

The drunken Zhang Boling took out a few red envelopes from his arms and sent them to his children and grandchildren.

This red envelope is also made by Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang hesitated for a moment, but still took the red envelope.

He also knew that Zhang Boling was very poor, and there must be not much money in this red envelope, but this intention was hard to exchange for!

In Zhang Boling's heart, he already regarded Chen Qiang as his nephew.

In Chen Qiang's heart, Zhang Boling was not just an elder, but more like a "father"!

...

Traditional folk customs emphasize that "the fifteenth is the year."

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the temple fair at Tianjin Niangniang Palace has already begun.

The Palace of Niangniang is the Heavenly Palace, which is the oldest building in Tianjin. The incense here has always been very popular. Since the Qing Dynasty, large-scale temple fairs have been held here, and there will be various performances such as dragon and lion dance, stilt and dry boats at the temple fairs. As the crowd gathers, commercial markets and New Year’s goods markets have also been formed near the Temple of Niangniang.

During the Chinese New Year, the Niangniang Palace Fair is probably the most prosperous place in Tianjin. It is no exaggeration to say that it is crowded with people. The number of people in the future is more crowded than the major scenic spots in the Golden Week.

Chen Qiang also came to the Niangniang Temple. Of course, he did not come to visit the temple fair, but to stand up for the Wuzhou Pharmacy.

The temple fair, which is crowded with people, is of course the best time for vendors to make money. Many merchants in Tianjin will come to the temple fair to buy a stall, and the same is true for the Wuzhou Pharmacy. They not only rented a large stall, but also found three doctors in the hall to treat people on the spot.

As the spokesperson of Wuzhou Pharmacy, Chen Qiang naturally has to participate in such marketing activities.

Because of Chen Qiang's arrival, Wuzhou Pharmacy also specially cleared a road in front of the stall as a runway. The road is about fifty or sixty meters long, allowing Chen Qiang to perform a sprint on the spot.

Modern people may think that there is nothing to perform in sprinting? Isn’t it just to shake your legs and rush forward, and there is no highlight at all.

However, in the 1930s, ordinary people had no idea about sports and had no understanding of sprinting. Therefore, sprinting can also be regarded as a form of performance and attracted a large number of passers-by to stop and watch. Even if Chen Qiang made a squat-starting posture, it would attract countless curious eyes.

Simply put, the people are unaware of it, and they feel it’s very new when watching a sprint.

In that era, not only Chinese people, but also Americans with the most developed sports. For example, American legendary athlete Jesse Owens won gold at the Berlin Olympics. After returning to the United States, he made a living by performing sprinting. And many Americans were willing to spend money to watch Owens perform and run.

The Berlin Olympics were held in 1936. Americans in 1936 would watch sprints as performances, let alone Chinese in 1931.

Moreover, Chen Qiang is not running alone, he also accepts challenges from the people on the spot. If an audience member is willing, he can come up to compete with Chen Qiang for who will run faster.

Ordinary people compete with Chen Qiang for a short run, so they are naturally abused and don’t even know their mothers, but there are still many ordinary people who want to go forward and compete with Chen Qiang.

This is a very good hype activity. It’s like those NBA stars who come to China to conduct publicity activities and will also interact with fans and play several rounds of balls with fans. Even if the fans are dunked, they are still happy. When they go back, they can brag that they are dunked by a certain star, which will definitely attract the envy of other fans.

Chen Qiang is also in this situation now. He competes with ordinary people and abuses them. He is still very happy. After the competition, he will go to the stall of Wuzhou Pharmacy to buy something.

Other stalls also invited artists to perform in an attempt to attract more popularity. Some invited lion dancers, some invited juggling, some invited people to say "Shu Laibao" and "Xihe drums", but the effect is not as good as Chen Qiang's side, and the popularity gathered is far less than that of Chen Qiang.

Because Chen Qiang has more mass participation here, it is far more attractive than those ordinary performances.

For example, if someone chats about barrage in real time when watching a movie, it will definitely be more interesting than watching it alone.

A bad movie or a video that you have watched many times, you don’t want to watch it alone, but if someone keeps complaining about the barrage, it will be much more attractive. While watching the movie, you can also complain about the barrage, and you can also spray each other with other fans on the barrage. How interesting!

This is the mass participation. For example, the live broadcast industry became popular because it can interact and communicate with water friends in real time; for example, Qidian Reading’s app, after this chapter has the function, readers can comment after each paragraph. Sometimes, this chapter is even more interesting than the content, and it is much easier to pass the level and find typos!

Those lion dancers, juggling, and singing Xihe drums are all fixed in the form of the program. For example, if you play juggling, push a water tank with your head, and turn a plate with a wooden stick, you have to do all these by yourself. You can’t invite an audience to come and borrow someone’s head to push a water tank!

For example, those who sing Xihe drums all sing fixed repertoires, and artists also have to pay attention to a singing style. The two sentences of the upper and lower are to chase the stars and the moon, and the more strings are tight, five slow, and four, and a single sentence, including one horse and three streams, the slogans, the slogans, the lower slogans, the lower slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, the slogans, etc. These cannot be changed. The master should sing as he passes on it, and there is no on-the-spot response.

When it comes to interacting with the audience, it is better to say crosstalk. Listen to crosstalk. You sit in the front row and shout "Teacher Guo, I love you", and Guo Degang on the stage will agree.

But if you listen to a big drum, no matter what you shout from the audience, the artists on the stage still have to sing step by step. It is impossible to sing half of the sentence and agree to the audience after the second half. You can't forget the lyrics like when a singer is holding a concert, and then turn the lyrics to the audience, shouting "Everyone come together". The fans in the stage sing, and the singers on the stage also remember the lyrics.

When it comes to interacting with the audience, Chen Qiang's way of competing and racing with others is obviously a hundred times better than other performance methods!

Moreover, this method will arouse people's sense of expectation. When someone first went up to challenge Chen Qiang, people would expect whether the challenger could win. Later, everyone found that they could not win Chen Qiang at all, so they looked forward to how much the next challenger would lose.

Taking advantage of Chen Qiang's popularity, Wuzhou Pharmacy also sold a lot of products.

Wuzhou Pharmacy started its business by selling "natural drug rehabilitation pills". It saved countless people back then, so Wuzhou Pharmacy has a good reputation and the people can trust Wuzhou's signature.

The signature product of Wuzhou Pharmacy is still "artificial blood", which is very effective in treating anemia. In old China, most people lack nutrition, and lack of nutrition can cause anemia. Many people relieve the symptoms of anemia after eating Wuzhou's artificial blood, so artificial blood has also been given the title of "Tianmen Immortal Pill".

In addition to artificial blood, Wuzhou Pharmacy also sells other medicines, such as "Yueyuehong" and "Female World Treasure" for women to regulate menstruation and promote blood circulation, "Butian Juice" for strengthening the stomach and replenishing deficiency, "Shu Bark Pills" for strengthening the brain and moistening the intestines, "Haibo Medicine" for clearing blood and detoxifying, "Liver and Breathing Gum" for resolving phlegm and relieving cough, etc.

With a good reputation and the popularity gathered by Chen Qiang, Wuzhou Pharmacy has a prosperous business and a prosperous business, and has become the most profitable business at the Tianhou Palace Temple Fair.

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In the crowd, there were several strong young people looking at Chen Qiang eagerly, looking like they wanted to go up and compete with Chen Qiang.

"That person is Chen Qiang. I heard that last year, he won two Japanese at Minyuan Stadium!"

"This Chen Qiang looks so young, probably less than 20 years old, right?"

"Not mentioning it, you see, he ran very fast, and the people who went up to compete with him were all behind!"

"What's the point of being with ordinary people? If you and me are martial artists, you will be far from winning!"

"Who do you think Chen Qiang, or our Senior Brother Zhao, runs faster?"

"Of course, Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Zhao practices martial arts at the age of four, and started learning light skills at the age of eight. Now Senior Brother Zhao is walking on the eaves and walls, and how can this Chen Qiang compare to our Senior Brother Zhao!"

"That's right, Senior Brother Zhao's light skills have already obtained the true teachings of his master. It's not easy to win against Chen Qiang!"

The praises from several senior brothers made the "Senior Brother Zhao" quite proud.

At this time, Chen Qiang won another game, and the common people who were won by Chen Qiang were not depressed, but also looked happy, waved at the crowd around him happily, then ran to the stall of Wuzhou Pharmacy, and bought two boxes of artificial blood.

"Look, that Chen Qiang won again! Not to mention, he ran very fast, Senior Brother Zhao, I think only you can win him!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhao, go up and compete with him, so that everyone can know that our Zhenwu National Museum is amazing!"

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhao, go and compete with him!"

Several senior brothers kept urging, and the senior brother Zhao also felt that if he didn't go up and compete with Chen Qiang, wouldn't it be a shame to lose face, so Senior Brother Zhao walked through the crowd and walked forward.

Senior Brother Zhao clasped his fists at Chen Qiang and said, "Zhao Jinhong is here in Xiazhenwu National Museum, come and ask for advice!"

Chen Qiang was a little confused. He performed at this temple fair for most of the day, and compared with the spectators around him more than twenty times. For the first time, he met someone who came up to him and told him about his own house with his fists. It was so formal that he was like a martial arts competition.

"Is this a decent person here? Zhenwu Guojiu Museum is a martial artist!" Chen Qiang looked at Zhao Jinhong, then made a gesture of invitation: "Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Jinhong walked to the starting line of the temporary drawing, stood there with his legs apart, his hands back and looked ahead, showing a kind of a paranormal style.

"good!"

Seeing Zhao Jinhong's attitude, Zhao Jinhong's junior brothers cheered, and some ordinary people who were watching the fun didn't know why they shouted.

The cheers around did not affect Chen Qiang's mood. He looked at Zhao Jinhong and felt that the other party was a little ridiculous.

"This guy just stood up straight, and he looked quite a master's style, but starting like this would definitely be a dog. Why do I think he was not here to compete with me, but to show off!" Chen Qiang thought to himself, and then he did not pay attention to Zhao Jinhong, who was pretending to behave, but squatted down and prepared to start.

The person in charge of the order was a clerk from the Wuzhou Pharmacy. He didn't start the order, but took a gong, and it would start with a knock.
To be continued...